---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, authorizes a local education agency (LEA) to: provide career-based experiences to the LEA's high school students; allow the students to participate in any available career-based experiences; and establish partnerships with industry and local businesses to provide career-based experiences to such students. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Education - As enacted, authorizes a local education agency (LEA) to: provide career-based experiences to the LEA's high school students; allow the students to participate in any available career-based experiences; and establish partnerships with industry and local businesses to provide career-based experiences to such students. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 736"
citation: "Tennessee HB 736 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "Lafferty"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2020-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81eba688-98f2-4481-8811-5fd87f3001dd"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0736&GA=111"
source_hash: "f7e53a43ad771a529dbaf4a307a0260a37ed776bdd81d8453d1647d93547c50e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee HB 736 (111) — Education - As enacted, authorizes a local education agency (LEA) to: provide career-based experiences to the LEA's high school students; allow the students to participate in any available career-based experiences; and establish partnerships with industry and local businesses to provide career-based experiences to such students. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0191** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0191.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0197** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0197.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0736.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 1 3/27/2019 Passed (2) — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/27/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CURRICULUM, TESTING, & INNOVATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education 2/26/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/13/2020 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gresham — primary (person)
- Lafferty — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Education for 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Education for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-06** No Action Taken
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Education for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** No Action Taken
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Education for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** No Action Taken
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 1
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-15** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0191) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/13/2020
- **2020-02-13** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-13** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0197)
- **2020-02-13** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2020-02-13** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2020-02-21** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2020-02-24** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-02-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-02-27** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-16** Pub. Ch. 527
- **2020-03-16** Effective date(s) 03/06/2020
- **2020-03-16** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 527

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81eba688-98f2-4481-8811-5fd87f3001dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).